Patients listen to and trust not only the doctor, but the federal agency that
pays him for what he orders, too.
The agency (Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services - CMS)
knows how much they are paying all doctors and these charlatans who suck money that could be used to help more patients. CMS
knew how much this creep has been milking out of Medicare, but he has connections.
"April 9 (Bloomberg) -- A doctor who treats a degenerative eye disease in seniors was paid $21 million by Medicare in 2012, twice the amount received by the next ophthalmologist on a list of 880,000 medical providers released by the government.
The data on the payments was given to the public for the first time today by the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services. The list, a detailed account of how $77 billion in federal health-care funds were spent in 2012, showed a wide range in which some top earners were paid as much as 100 times the average for their respective fields….."
Top Medicare Doctor Paid $21 Million in 2012, Data Show - Bloomberg Business
People hate insurance companies for denying payment for claims or reducing claims, but the above is why they do it!